Bike Waikato July 2024 Newsletter

Posted byMelissa Smith

In this newsletter from Bike Waikato:

  • Recent and Upcoming Events – Bike Valet Success 🚲
  • Annual General Meeting in September – Mark Your Calendars! 📅
  • Submissions Update
  • Some Good News – Changes at Rifle Range Road, Claudelands Park, and Bryce St

Recent and Upcoming Events – Bike Valet Success 🚲

We helped over 100 people attend events in Kirikiriroa Hamilton by bike with our free Bike Valet service. Check out these awesome photos! Shoutout to our volunteers for making this happen. We couldn’t do this without you!

Be sure to check out our upcoming events:

  • Bike Morning Tea – August (August 20 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm)
  • Bikes After Work/School – September (September 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm)
  • Annual General Meeting 2024 (September 29 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
  • Biketober: Ride to Karapiro (& back) (October 12 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm)

We will be present at Light Night Ngāruawāhia hosted by Te Awa The Great NZ River Ride this Saturday evening. Come by and say hi!

Annual General Meeting in September – Mark Your Calendars! 📅

Can you believe it has been a year already?

We will be having our Annual General Meeting at the end of September. This is your chance to hear about what we have achieved over the last year and join the committee. 

Get in touch with us at [email protected] if you have any questions!

Submissions Update

Previously, we submitted to the Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport and the Hamilton City Long Term Plan 2024-34. We can now provide an update on the outcome of those consultations.

Unfortunately, the final GPS, which set out to significantly reduce spending for cycling and safety improvement infrastructure, is broadly unchanged from the draft version except for changes that allow already consented cycling and walking projects to continue and decreasing the funding ranges for walking and cycling infrastructure from $70-$130M (draft) to $75-$110M.

With regards to the Long Term Plan, the long-awaited cycling bridge has been cancelled.

Our other recent submission have been:

Some Good News – Changes at Rifle Range Road, Claudelands Park, and Bryce St

We have heard through the grapevine, and seen for ourselves, that upgrades are nearly complete at Rifle Range Road, and other upgrades have been completed around Claudelands Park: separated bike lanes have been installed on both Heaphy Tce and Rifle Range Road, improving access and safety for people riding bikes. A large shared path from Heaphy Tce through to Brooklyn Rd is now present in Claudelands adjacent to the Magical Playground.

Additionally, we have seen that as a result of the works to strengthen Bryce St bank parallel to the train lines, the city has netted a shared path for cycling and walking. This provides an alternative routing option coming up from or entering the Western Rail Trail into the city centre.

Give these a ride if you can, and let us know your thoughts!

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